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What you should know: The 2024 Big 5 Classic

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor December 4, 2024

What is the Big 5? The Big 5 is an informal league of six colleges, originally consisting of St. Joe’s, Villanova, Temple, University of Pennsylvania and La Salle, founded in 1955. The recent addition...

PHOTO COURTESY OF ST. JOE’S ARCHIVES

Archives Unboxed: 1970s track photo

Kiera Donohue '25, Special to the Hawk December 4, 2024

A photograph of a track meet at St. Joe’s offers a glimpse of track in the 1970s, showing five runners racing toward a chest-high white string stretched across the track. It’s not clear who won...

Bridget Carter ’25 returns a serve in a pickleball game, Dec. 2. PHOTO: ZACH PODOLNICK ’26/THE HAWK

Game, set, match

Rebecca Romito '26, Special to the Hawk December 4, 2024

Here’s the thing: There are no pickles involved in pickleball. There is a ball, yes, plastic and with holes, slightly bigger than a tennis ball. There are two to four players and rackets for each....

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Up at the half

Chris Sletvold '26, Columnist November 20, 2024

The Philadelphia Eagles improved to 8-2 with a 26-18 home win against the Washington Commanders Nov. 14. They have won six straight games and sit in control of the NFC East. The Eagles are winning in...

Natalie Nevins ’24, M.A. ’25 runs out after being announced for the starting lineup for St. Joe’s women’s soccer
game against Lafayette, Aug. 22. PHOTO COURTESY OF NATALIE NEVINS ’24, M.A. ’25/THE HAWK

A farewell to my first love

Natalie Nevins ’24, Copy Editor November 20, 2024

From the moment I was brought into this world, there has been a soccer ball at my feet. In fact, on the day I was born, it was one of my father’s players who drove my mother to the hospital as she was...

Sophomore guard Xzayvier Brown celebrates with 54th Airborne, the official student section of SJU
Athletics, after defeating Villanova, Nov. 12. PHOTO: MADELINE WILLIAMS ’26/THE HAWK

Defending the title

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor November 20, 2024

It’s time to start working on the rollouts. St. Joe’s men’s basketball is heading back to the Big 5 Classic title game after its two Big 5 pod wins last week.  The Hawks defeated Villanova at...

St. Joe’s field hockey poses with NCAA regional trophy after advancing to the Final Four, Nov. 17. PHOTO: MIA MESSINA ’25

Field hockey looks to ‘fight to the end’

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor November 18, 2024

At the beginning of the season, St. Joe’s field hockey team returned to the newly-renovated Ellen Ryan Field, complete with a new playing turf. It took less than four months for the Hawks to make history...

Brianna Kelly ’26 attempts to dodge Drexel defense on her way to score, Nov. 9.
PHOTO: ZACH PODOLNICK ’26/THE HAWK

Women’s rugby hosts first tournament in two years

Monica Sowinski ’26, Sports Reporter November 13, 2024

For the first time this season, women’s rugby hosted a tournament on Sweeney Field, bringing its 2024 fall season to a close Nov. 9. This year is the first time in two years the club has been able to...

Field hockey poses with the A-10 Championship trophy following their 2-1 win over UMass, Nov. 9. PHOTOS: JOE SCHNEYDER ’12/SAY CHEEZE STUDIOS

Field hockey wins fourth consecutive A-10 title, hosts first round of NCAA Tournament

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor November 13, 2024

Four was the magic number for fourth-ranked St. Joe’s field hockey, which beat Massachusetts 2-1 to secure its fourth consecutive Atlantic 10 championship Nov. 9. No strangers to each other, the Hawks...

The exterior of AFC Fitness, located 10 minutes from Hawk Hill campus. PHOTO: AIDEN POWERS ’26

Best off-campus gyms to maximize your workout flexibility

Aidan Powers '26, Special to the Hawk November 13, 2024

For many students at St. Joe’s Hawk Hill campus, the on-campus gym, O’Pake Fitness & Recreation Center, was under renovation for much of their time at the university. While the gym reopened this...

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What’s going on with the 76ers?

Preston Thomas '28, Special to the Hawk November 13, 2024

Unless you’re an Eagles fan, the Philly sports scene has been pretty hard to watch recently. With the NBA season starting back up, many Philadelphia 76ers fans were hoping for a fun and successful season,...

Field hockey prepares to host the A-10 tournament for the first time since 2018.

Field hockey looks for four-peat at A-10 tournament

Zach Podolnick '26, Sports Reporter November 6, 2024

St. Joe’s field hockey team finished their regular season with a 15-3 record, ending the historic season with a 3-0 shutout win against local Atlantic 10 competitor La Salle.  Looking ahead to the...

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